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We present in this pedagogical paper an alternative numerical method for the resolution of transport phenomena problems encountered in the teaching of the required course on transport phenomena in the graduate chemical engineering curricula. Based on the Chebyshev orthogonal collocation technique implemented in Matlab® and Mathematica©, we show how different rather complicated transport phenomena problems involving partial differential equations and split boundary value problems can now readily be mastered. A description of several sample problems and the resolution methodology is discussed in this paper. The objective of the incorporation of this approach is to develop the numerical skills of the graduate students at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) and to broaden the extent of transport‐phenomena problems that can be addressed in the course. We noted with satisfaction that the students successfully adopted this numerical technique for the resolution of problems assigned as term projects. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 23:422–431, 2015; View this article online at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae; DOI http://10.1002/cae.21612

The present paper describes the arc‐length continuation method; a mathematical technique that can solve a wide variety of chemical engineering problems. Several case studies involving distillation, reaction engineering, and thermodynamics are treated with the help of this method. The approach is powerful enough to elucidate situations when several turning points occur. Finally, the authors conclude with their experience teaching this technique. Indeed, this methodology was introduced to the graduate students of the nonlinear dynamics course at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM). © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 23:344–351, 2015; View this article online at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae; DOI http://10.1002/cae.21604